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- eSTOP! 1.01
- Welcome to the "readme" file
- (c) 2000 Northwest Performance Software, Inc.
- 10/16/00
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- DOCUMENT INDEX
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- This file contains the following sections:
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- 1. What is eSTOP!?
- 2. General Notes
- 3. Contact Information
- 4. Revision History
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- 1. What is eSTOP!?
-
- eSTOP! was created to fill a need: the need to be able to cutoff an established
- network connection (TCP**) between your computer and another computer without
- dropping your network connection entirely. Why do you need to do that?
- Simple answer. Sometimes things get out of control very quickly--like when
- browsing the web.
-
- For instance: Have you ever gone to a website only to find yourself redirected
- to another other web site against your will? or even worse, have you ever visited
- a website only to have many other web browser windows suddenly appear? or have
- you accidentally hit Submit on a form or started to send a mail message that had
- something in it you didn't intend to send?
-
- The only current way to stop established TCP** connections we knew of was to
- break your connection to the internet or network. This is clearly not workable
- for all situations, plus it's not usually something you can do quickly. Our
- solution was eSTOP!
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- eSTOP! was developed as a security product with the intent to (e)mergency STOP
- problem TCP** connections like those above. It displays in real-time any TCP**
- connection in or out of your computer. You can instantly stop that connection by
- double clicking on the connection in the list or by pressing one of the three
- large red buttons on the main window.
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- eSTOP! is not a firewall. eSTOP! complements a firewall because you can use it
- to stop connections normally permitted by the firewall. You can make eSTOP!
- popup whenever connections happen--then do something about those connections!
-
- Give it a try. We're working on a more advanced version with even more options.
- Of course the more advanced version won't be free, but use this one and give us
- your feedback. This version is free for personal and non-profit use. Other use
- like business, government and educational institutions will have to license
- eSTOP! on a per workstation basis for a modest fee.
-
- Thanks!
-
- **A TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) network connection is a reliable method
- of delivering packets of data bytes between computers. It combines checksums
- and sequencing to assure that packets are exchanged accurately in the correct
- order. Web connections are an example of a TCP connection. eSTOP! does not
- support UDP (User Datagram Protocol).
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- 2. GENERAL NOTES
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- Cost for personal and non-profit user: FREE.
- Cost for business, government, educational use: $9.95 per workstation.
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- Program Requirements.
- *This program is designed for Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server,
- Service Pack 4 or newer, Windows 2000, Windows 98 or Windows ME.
- This program will not work on Windows 95 or earlier.
- (all the preceding are trademarks or registered trademarks of the
- Microsoft Corporation).
- *Approximately 0.5 MB disk space
- *TCP/IP Network connection
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- License Agreement.
- Please see License.txt linked from the eSTOP! program group
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- Please email all suggestions or comments to:
- estop-ideas@netscantools.com
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- Please email all bug reports to:
- estop-bugs@netscantools.com
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- Online email form:
- http://www.netscantools.com/email.html
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- Support:
- Support is NOT provided for this product, however, we will list it as a topic
- on this support page as necessary:
- http://www.nwpsw.com/support.html
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- 3. CONTACT INFORMATION
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- email: sales@netscantools.com
- WWW: http://www.nwpsw.com/
- http://www.netscantools.com/
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- Telephone.
- Sales office hours: 8am to 5pm Pacific [Seattle-LA] Time Mon-Fri except holidays
- VOICE Toll-Free (US & Canada only): (866) 882-3389
- VOICE: (425) 413-0354
- 24 hour/7 day FAX: (425) 413-0639
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- Mailing address:
- Northwest Performance Software, Inc.
- PO Box 148
- Maple Valley, WA 98038-0148 USA
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- 4. REVISION HISTORY
-
- Version 1.01
- October 16, 2000
- [fixes]
- -Reduced screen flicker during refresh cycles.
- -The refresh cycle time is now updated when Setup is closed.
- -Changed the order of the Setup, Help and Close buttons.
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- Version 1.00
- September 21, 2000
- Initial Release
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